Monthly Archives: July 2010

Extremes At The Lake

I took a couple of lenses fishing and tried to get far-out and very wide. The first one is at 11mm and is of Kyle. You have to admit, this is the life. Of course, the shot doesn’t reflect what the heat was at the time. This was taken at about 10:00 so the light...

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One More Kirsten Shot

I have posted another of Kirsten. I grade all of my shots at C- to D+ because I did not compensate enough for the bright sunshine. I am sure there is some camera combination that I could have used that would have been much better and I couldn’t get the computer to help me out....

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Snaps Of Kirsten

I haven’t worked with portrait stuff lately and so asked Kirsten to model for me outside. Without any fuss, she agreed and we headed to the backyard. Light wasn’t great but most of these were in the shade and so aren’t that bad for light although I admit I was struggling a bit and probably...

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Graveyard in Old Town Alexandria

For years I have been driving past this old cemetery in Old Town next to the Beltway.  Since the temperature and humidity were ONLY 90, I decided to stop and walk around. Surprisingly, there were quite a few modern graves but there were some that were from the 1700s. I took lots of shots and...

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So I Got A Cat! Or She Got Me!

Don’t know why I got a cat. I swore I would never have a cat again. But…  She’s 10, her previous owners went overseas and would have had to quarantine her for 6 months or more. She was in foster homes for months until she found me. She’s pretty cool…for a cat. Missy shaking all...

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Trying To Get Back But I Am Rusty!!

We took our kids to camp out in the woods last week (very quiet house!) and I took a couple of snaps on the way back. I really like fences, not just the photo op but the concept. The camp was out by the Virginia horse country and so there were lots of farms with...

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